More first picks in ranked games need to ask their team about bans before banning

Whenever I solo queue in ranked and am first pick I always tell my team who I plan to ban solely to make sure I'm not banning any champions they are particularly good with.

I'm Gold IV right now and maybe this communication does happen at higher MMR's, but at my Elo I have, many times, in solo queue been asked not ban a champion after mentioning it to the team or had a champion I or my duo queue partner wants to play get banned. I think just implementing this simple question, especially at lower MMR's, from the first pick would help a lot with team communication and organization.

One of the biggest problems in solo queue is the complete disorganization. The lack of communication and lack of response to this communication leads to a lot of losses solo queue players experience which is why champions that can effectively communicate their intentions, e.g. amumu or malphite ult are considered so OP at the lowest MMR's where communication is almost wholly anathema to a greater proportion of the players than at higher MMR's. This type of communication begins in the champ select screen, THIS COMMUNICATION BEGINS WHEN YOU SELECT ACCEPT INSTEAD Of DECLINE, lol jk, but seriously if we could ask more about bans and our team's preferred picks and bans I think teams would go a lot father just having that door open and being able to, hopefully, play the champ you're best with.

It's this kind complacent attitude that hurts people at low Elo. Automatically with this attitude some people become confrontational. And we all know where that can lead. Besides, it can become your problem if they're champ pool is small, suddenly you banned they're best champs and you now have a feeder on your hands and you have to carry it because their champs got banned. If you can carry consistently, then go ahead. But communication like op stated is essential, and it starts with the first pick.

Got to Diamond by not writing more than "prefer mid, will fill" in every Teamlobby i got. Doesn't matter what place i was at. I have a friend who asks everybody what he wants to play, where he wants to play and yeah, a lot. He is also Diamond.

Sure, diamond smurfs could easily carry themselves back to diamond. They're just that good. But two teams of relatively equal skill level often have their matches dictated by who can communicate and work together more efficiently.

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